Senior Accounts Controller

3 months ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom Gallagher Full time

About Us:
Join us at Gallagher Re, the trailblazers of the reinsurance world, where every day brings new opportunities to shape the future. We empower our clients with cutting-edge analytics and insights, providing them the confidence to make strategic decisions that transform industries. As a team member, you'll be at the forefront of innovation, translating data into impactful solutions and taking the reins of your career like never before.

Overview:
Gallagher Re is looking to recruit a Senior Accounts Controller to join our Asia Pacific team.

As an Accounts Controller you will service a portfolio of accounts within the Asia Pac team of Gallagher Re. As part of this role, you will also ensure that balances are collected and paid in accordance with the contractual requirements.

This position will be based in Ipswich and will require daily interaction with other colleagues in London, Mumbai, our Asia regional offices, as well as with our clients and carriers. Experience within a similar role is essential.

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensure the secure, efficient and auditable handling of client’s monies
- Own the fiscal relationship for designated clients and act as the main point of contact for all matters relating to payments
- Actively service accounts to a high standard and ensure timely collection and payment of monies due to/ from clients, reinsurers and third parties; reconciliation, chasing and minimisation of funding to ensure financial metrics are achieved.
- Use MI to identify debtor related problems and escalate, negotiate and influence where necessary to resolve.
- Review and correlate cash on a daily basis
- Maintain ongoing relationships with assigned clients, reinsurers and third parties
- Complete Account Controller core requirements reviews where appropriate
- Adhere to standardised Group policies and procedures, Accounting and Settlement fundamentals, including sanctions touch points and other regulatory requirements

Qualifications:

- Educated to A-Level standard or equivalent
- CII qualifications or studying towards would be beneficial
- Experience of using Open Twins is desirable
- Intermediate IT skills (Microsoft Office)
- Good communication skills (Written and Verbal)
- Attention to detail, ability to organise and prioritise
- Ability to work in a team and autonomously; and general willingness to learn and grow
- Ability to build strong working relationships with both clients and brokers
- Good time management skills
- Eligible to work in the UK

Compensation and Benefits:
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the **minimum core benefits** you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

- Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ 5 more days
- Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
- Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
- Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
- Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

**Other benefits include**:

- Three fully paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
- Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
- Critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
- Emergency back-up family care
- And many more

**We value inclusion and diversity**

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gende

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